唆 means “suggest, instigate”

さ · sa

Also: tempt, seduce, promote

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

そそる, そそのかす

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

サ

JLPT N1 · Taught in secondary school · 10 strokes

The story

A mouth (口) at someone's ear: picture a voice nudging a friend toward trouble. 唆す is to egg someone on, 教唆 is incitement, punished in Japan like the crime itself, and the gentler 示唆 is a hint, the word reports use when evidence suggests something.

Used in 示唆 (shisa, suggestion/hint), 唆す (sosonokasu, to egg on), and 教唆 (kyousa, incitement)

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